Little Tricks to Typing Arabic
Posted On at by Fajar Faqih Ainun NajibDiacritics & Tatweel
Hold down the AltGr key (= the right Alt key) to type diacritics and tatweel:
AltGr+A > fatha
AltGr+I > kasra
AltGr+U > damma
AltGr+Q > fathatan
AltGr+E > kasratan
AltGr+W > dammatan
AltGr+O > sukun
AltGr+S > shadda
AltGr+T > tatweel
Punctuation
Hold down the Shift key to type quotation marks, dashes or decimal comma:
Shift+Q > left single quote
Shift+W > right single quote
Shift+E > left double quote
Shift+R > right double quote
Shift+N > en dash
Shift+M > em dash
Shift+6 > decimal comma
Hold down the AltGr key (= the right Alt key) to type remapped punctuation:
AltGr+, > English comma
AltGr+; > English semicolon
AltGr+/ > English question mark
AltGr+\ > backslash
Type | with Shift+AltGr+\.